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Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 34, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 34, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Andrew Jackson’s Cronies in Florida Territorial Politics Three unpublished letters of Jackson Herbert J. Doherty Jr.
“Southern Rights” and Yankee Humor A Confederate-Federal Jacksonville newspaper
Florida History in Spanish Archives: Reproductions at the University of Florida Charles W. Arnade
Archeology of the Tampa Bay Area Ripley P. Bullen
Book Reviews:

  • Durkin, “Stephen R. Mallory: Confederate Navy Chief.” Charles S. Davis
  • Cotterill, “The Southern Indians” Charles H. Fairbanks
  • Folmer, “Franco-Spanish Rivalry in North America, 1524- 1763” Robert C. Beyer
  • Parks, “General Edmund Kirby Smith, C. S. A.” Edward C. Williamson
  • Jackson, “Early Florida Through Spanish Eyes” Gilbert L. Lycan
  • “Centennial History …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 3-4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 3-4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Osceola: Portraits, Features, and Dress John M. Goggin
The Disappearance of the Head of Osceola May McNeer Ward
The Parentage of Osceola (Charles H. Coe)
Notes on Modern Seminole Traditions of Osceola William C. Sturtevant
The White Flag
Osceola and the Negroes Kenneth W. Porter
The Site of Osceola's Village Wilfred T. Neill
Osceola and the Charlestonians
Asi-Yaholo or Osceola Mark F. Boyd
Contributors to this issue of the Quarterly


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Executive Council, 1862 William C. Havard
The Case of Some Inhabitants of East Florida 1767-1785 Barbara Gorely Teller
Cuban Bloodhounds and the Seminoles James W. Covington
Florida and the British Investor, 1880-1914 Alfred P. Tischendorf
A Massachusetts Mechanic in Florida and Mexico, 1847 Arthur W. Thompson
A Trip to Florida, 1867 Watt P. Marchman
The Florida Historical Society:

  • Edward C. Williamson
  • Merlin G. Cox
  • Rembert W. Patrick
  • Benefactors of the Library

Contributors to this issue of the Quarterly


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Governorship of Andrew Jackson Herbert J. Doherty, Jr. Three letters of Andrew Jackson
Plantation Economy in Leon County 1830-1840 Julia F. Hering
High School Essay Contest: History of White City Sandra Lewis
Regional and Local Historical Societies:

  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • St. Augustine Historical Society
  • Tallahassee Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society:

  • The Annual Meeting
  • Minutes
  • President’s report
  • Treasurer’s report
  • Resolutions
  • Membership
  • The Library - A Proposal

Contents of Vol. XXXII


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Notorious Swepson-Littlefield Fraud: Railroad Financing in Florida (1868-1871) Paul E. Fenlon
The Occupation of Jacksonville, 1864 And the Battle of Olustee Letters of Lt. C. M. Duren
A Religious Revival in Tallahassee in 1843 The Reverend Nathan Hoyt (ed. by) George C. Osborn
Tequesta XIII
Book reviews:

  • Patrick, “Florida Fiasco” Kathryn Abbey Hanna
  • Motte, “‘Journey into Wilderness, 1836-1838” (ed. by) James F. Sunderman William C. Sturtevant
  • Penicaut, “Fleur de Lys and Calumet” (ed. by) R. C. Williams Charles S. Davis
  • “Hundredth Birthday, Duval County Medical Society” Webster Merritt et. al. (editors)

County Historical Commissions
Local and Regional Historical Societies: …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Are There De Soto Relics in Florida? John M. Goggin
Salmon P. Chase and Civil War Politics in Florida Ovid L. Futch
David Betton Macomb, Frontiersman Andrew Forest Muir
Letters of a Florida Settler in 1877 W. A. Smith
Territorial Papers of the United States Alabama 1817-1819
Book Review:

  • Franco, “Politica Continental Americana de Espana en Cuba, 1812-1830” Albert C. Manucy

Local and regional historical societies:

  • Tallahassee Historical Society
  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Pensacola Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society

  • The Annual Meeting
  • A directors’ meeting
  • New members


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad Paul E. Fenlon
The Election of 1876 in Florida Gov. Marcellus L. Stearns (ed. by) Edward C. Williamson
Spanish Interest in British Florida Mark F. Boyd & Jose N. Latorre
Book Reviews:

  • Pettingill, “Story of the Florida Railroads” Dorothy Dodd
  • Graff, “Mandarin on the St. Johns” Dena Snodgrass
  • Sitterson, “Sugar Country” J. E. Dovell
  • Wilgus (ed.) “The Caribbean” Ione S. Wright
  • Aguilera (ed.) “Handbook of Latin American Studies” Marshall K. Powers
  • Newman, “Indian River History”

Southern Historical Association in Jacksonville
Historical Association of Southern Florida
The Florida Historical Society

  • New members


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 32, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Marine Forces of William Augustus Bowles and His State of Muskogee Lyle N. McAlister
The South Florida Military Institute Samuel Proctor
Florida’s First Reconstruction Legislature A Letter of William H. Gleason (Ed.) Edward C. Williamson
Pensacola in 1810
Book Reviews:

  • Griffin (Ed.): “Archeology of the Eastern United States” Hale G. Smith
  • Swanton: “The Indian Tribes of North America” Robert Anderson

Local and regional historical societies:

  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Tallahassee Historical Society
  • Pensacola Historical Society
  • Hillsborough County Historical Commission

Florida Historical Society

  • The Annual Meeting:
  • The program
  • Minutes
  • Report of the President
  • Report of the …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Relations with the Indians in West Florida, 1770-1781 George C. Osborn
The Establishment of Fort Brooke James W. Covington (Ed.)
Florida Politics in 1881 A letter of Henry S. Sanford Edward C. Williamson (Ed.)
A Scouting Expedition along Lake Panasoffkee Frank F. White, Jr.
Barcia’s History of Florida Albert C. Manucy
“Tequesta”
Book reviews:

  • Goggin: “Space and Time Perspective in Northern St. Johns Archeology, Florida” Charles H. Fairbanks
  • Pound: “Benjamin Hawkins, Indian Agent” John M. Goggin
  • May: “‘Gaters, Skeeters & Malary”
  • Bristol: “Higher Education in Florida”

Southern Historical Association to meet in Jacksonville
Regional and local historical societies:

  • St. Lucie …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

R. K. Call vs. the Federal Government on the Seminole War Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
The Railroad Background of the Florida Senatorial Election of 1851 Arthur W. Thompson
De Soto and Terra Ceia John R. Swanton
An Educator Looks at Florida in 1884 A letter of Ashley D. Hurt Samuel Proctor (ed.)
John Batterson Stetson, Jr., 1884-1952
Book Review:

  • Hotze, “Three Months in the Confederate Army” Bell Irvin Wiley

Regional and local historical societies:

  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • St. Petersburg Historical Society
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Pensacola Historical Society
  • St. Lucie County Historical Society
  • Hillsborough County Historical Commission
  • County Museums …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

St. Augustine During the Civil War Omega G. East
Foreign Travellers in Florida, 1900-1950 Lawrence S. Thompson
Documents Describing the Second and Third Expeditions of Lieutenant Diego Pena to Apalachee and Apalachicolo in 1717 and 1718 Mark F. Boyd
The Fatio Family Walter C. Hartridge
Book reviews:

  • Dovell, “Florida, Historic, Dramatic, Contemporary" Dorothy Dodd
  • Thorning, “Miranda, World Citizen” Lyle N. McAlister

Local and regional historical societies:

  • The Hillsborough County Historical Commission Mrs. John Branch
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Seminole County Historical Society
  • Halifax Historical Society
  • General Clinch Memorial Association

Florida Historical Society

  • Directors’ meeting
  • New members

Contributors to this …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 31, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Pensacola Indian Trade Peter A. Brannon
A Voyage to the Miami Region in 1793 Richard K. Murdoch
Settlers from Connecticut in Spanish Florida, 1808-1816 Robert E. Rutherford (ed.)
Book Reviews:

  • Varner, “The Florida of the Inca” Charlton W. Tebeau
  • Rouse, “A Survey of Indian River Archeology”
  • Ferguson, “Chronology at South Indian Field” Frederick W. Sleight
  • Stanley, “A History of Jackson County” J. E. Dovell

The Historical Association of Southern Florida
The Florida Historical Society

  • The annual meeting
  • The program
  • Minutes
  • Report of the treasurer
  • New officials
  • New members
  • Rembert W. Patrick, Associate Editor

Contributors to this number
Contents of …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

De Soto’s First Headquarters in Florida John R. Swanton
De Soto’s Ucita and the Terra Ceia Site Ripley P. Bullen
Settlers from Connecticut in Spanish Florida Letters of Ambrose Hull and Stella Hart 1804-1806 Edited by Robert E. Rutherford
The Cowkeeper Dynasty of the Seminole Nation Kenneth W. Porter
“A Letter from the Land of Flowers, Fruit and Plenty”
“Tequesta 1951 “The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida”
Book reviews:

  • Woodward, “Reunion and Reaction” Charles T. Thrift, Jr.
  • Going, “Bourbon Democracy in Alabama” Weymouth T. Jordun
  • Coleman, “Liberty and Property” Gilbert E. Lycan

Local and regional historical societies: …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Education in St. Augustine 1821-1845 Frank G. Lewis
The Early Career of Edwin T. Jenckes A Florida Pioneer of the 1830’s Earl C. Tanner
The Addison Blockhouse John W. Griffin
Arizona Apaches as “Guests” in Florida Omega G. East Albert C. Manucy
Book reviews:

  • Murdoch, “The Georgia-Florida Frontier, 1793-1796” Jesse L. Keene
  • Transportation in Florida

Local and regional historical societies:

  • Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Tallahassee Historical Society

Florida Historical Society
Contributors to this number


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Fort Pupo: A Spanish Frontier Outpost John M. Goggin
Confederate Finance: A Documentary Study of a Proposal of David L. Yulee Arthur W. Thompson
France to the Rescue: An Episode of the Florida Border, 1797 Richard K. Murdoch
Book reviews:

  • Chesnut, “A Diary from Dixie” Charles S. Davis
  • Goggin, “Florida’s Indians”

Regional and Local Historical Societies

The Florida Historical Society

  • Directors’ meeting
  • New members
  • W. T. Cash

Contributors to this number of the Quarterly


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 30, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Seminole War: Its Background and Onset Mark F. Boyd

  • (I) Introduction
  • (II) The Seminoles of Florida
  • (III) Mounting Tension
  • (IV) A Sugar Empire Dissolves
  • (V) The Murders at Fort King
  • (VI) First Battle of the Withlacoochee River
  • (VII) Defeat of Dade
  • (VIII) The Saga of Luis Pacheco
  • (IX) Roster of Dade’s Command
  • (X) Sources

The Florida Historical Society The Annual Meeting

  • The program
  • Minutes
  • Reports
  • New members
  • A Pioneer Florida Family
  • The Parson Brown Orange
  • Archeology of the Tampa Bay Region

Contents of Volume XXIX

  • Articles and authors


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Battle of Marianna Mark F. Boyd
Code Duello in Florida Herbert J. Doherty Jr.
Fort Tonyn and the Campaign of 1778 Ripley P. Bullen
Letters from Florida in 1851 Edited by Olin Norwood
Book Reviews:

  • Proctor, “Napoleon Bonaparte Broward” Kathryn Abbey Hanna
  • Boyd, Smith, Griffin, “Here They Once Stood” Weymouth T. Jordan

Regional and Local Historical Societies:

  • The St. Petersburg Historical Society
  • The Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • “Tequesta”
  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • Manatee County Historical Society
  • Osceola County Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society

  • John G. McKay
  • The Annual Meeting
  • Donations to our Library


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Miranda’s Diary of the Siege of Pensacola, 1781 Donald E. Worcester
Edward A. Perry, Yankee General of the Florida Brigade Sigsbee C. Prince, Jr.
A Political Rally of 1884 A letter of L. D. Huston
An Appeal to Restore El Inca’s Birthplace Wyndham Hayward
Book Reviews-

  • Hanna and Hanna: ‘‘Florida‘s Golden Sands’’ Chadton. W. Tebeau.
  • Sellers: “Slavery in Alabama” James D. Glunt

Regional Historical Societies

  • The Jacksonville Historical Society
  • The Historical Association of Southern Florida
  • Osceola County Historical Society
  • Elizabeth A. Cantrell Memorial
  • Manatee County Historical Society

The Florida Historical Society

  • The Annual Meeting at St. Petersburg

Contributors to this …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Union Nationalism in Florida Herbert J. Doherty Jr.

The Joint Operations of the Federal army and Navy near St. Marks, March 1865

  • The Battle of Natural Bridge
  • Cadets of the West Florida Seminary Mark F. Boyd

Two Letters of David L. Yulee

  • Secession
  • Duty

A. Journal of Lt. Robert C. Buchanan during the Seminole War The Battle of Lake Okeechobee Frank F. White Jr.

Book Reviews:

  • Silver: “Edmund Pendleton Gaines” James M. Leake
  • Key: “Southern Politics in State and Nation” Edward C. Williamson

The Florida Historical Society

  • The Proposed Move
  • Samuel C. Collier
  • Donations to the Library

Contributors to this …


Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society 2020 University of Central Florida

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Federal Campaign of 1864 in East Florida Mark F. Boyd
A Free Negro Purchases his Daughter Herbert J. Doherty Jr.
Archeology in Florida Reviews of:

  • John W. Griffin, Editor, “The Florida Indian and his Neighbors ” J. E. Dovell
  • Goggin and Sommer, “Excavations on Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida” Hale G. Smith
  • Willey, “Excavations in Southeast Florida” Ripley P. Bullen
  • Willey, “Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast” John M. Goggin

Review of: Lackey, "East Florida, 1783-1785" Donald E. Worcester
Florida Historical Societies:

  • A Lake County Historical Society
  • Osceola County Historical Association
  • Jacksonville Historical Society
  • A DuVal Marker in Jacksonville

A …


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